Shadow of Paradise

Begun in 1939 barely four months after the close of the Spanish Civil War these poems by the Nobel Laureate poet Vicente Aleixandre were written during a period of hardship and despair. In spite of his surroundings Aleixandre created the splendor of the shadow of a lost paradise that consisted of memory nostalgia yearning and illusion. This is the first full English version. The original Spanish text is included. -- UC Press